Author: Jones, Glyn; Common, Jack; Plowman, Max; Murry, John Middleton
Title: The Adelphi. May, 1941. (Vol. 17. No. 8). (Cover Title)
Description: (London: The Adelphi, 1941). 1941). (London: The Adelphi, 1941). 1941). Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed, stapled golden yellow wraps. The wraps are darkened & lightly bumped with stains around the staples & with some minor foxing. There is a tiny tear to the front edge of the rear wrap. Pages [257]-304. There is occasional light soiling. Good.

The editor, John Middleton Murry, explains in a note on the rear wrap that "The Adelphi" is being temporarily edited from The Adelphi Centre in Langham, Essex, a center founded in anticipation of the war to support "works of constructive pacifism" and to explore "new forms of social living". It combined a refuge for victims of bombing raids, a community farm and market garden and educational activities directed towards the regeneration of society. Among the contents of this wartime issue of the magazine are "Meditation on Heine" by Murry, "When It's Thursday" by Jack Common and "The Little Grave" by Glyn Jones. Good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; PERIODICAL; BRITISH; ADELPHI; JOHN MIDDLETON MURRY; WARTIME ISSUE; THE ADELPHI CENTER; JACK COMMON; GLYN JONES; MAX PLOWMAN.

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